Benson, Margaret; Gourlay, Janet: The temple of Mut in Asher: an account of the excavation of the temple and of the religious representations and objects found therein, as illustrating the history of Egypt and the main religious ideas of the Egyptians (London, 1899)

chap, iv.] YIELD OF THE BRICK WALL.

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They had been used in the building of the wall, and
ao-ain had to be broken out with a crowbar. One
of these was the middle part of a large squatting
statue, fully inscribed (plan no. 24, pi. XXIII.,
p. 350). This we found afterwards to be of con-
siderable importance. The second proved to be a
piece of a similar figure of much smaller size and
with an inscription too much mutilated for transla-
tion (plan no. 23).

The work had perforce to be brought to a close
when about a third of the eastern half of the bank
had been cut down. But though much remained to
be done we left Luxor satisfied with the unex-
pectedly large results of a few wreeks' excavation.

The Museum authorities very kindly gave us the
statue of Rameses II. and the heads of Rameses III.
and the unnamed god.